Black-browed Albatrosses foraging on Antarctic krill: Density-dependence through local enhancement?

Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 3265-3275

  Grünbaum, Daniel ^a   Veit, Richard R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Allee effect; Antarctic krill; Area restricted search; Black browed Albatross; Density dependence; Euphausial superba; Foraging model; Foraging strategy; Local enhancement; South Georgia; Thalassarche melanophris

Indexed keywords

ALLEE EFFECT; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PREY LOCATION; SEABIRD; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANTARCTICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); SOUTH GEORGIA;

AVES; CICONIIFORMES; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DIOMEDEA MELANOPHRIS; EUPHAUSIA; EUPHAUSIA SUPERBA; EUPHAUSIACEA; THALASSARCHE MELANOPHRIS;

EID: 1342309552     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/01-4098     Document Type: Review

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